{"id":43,"date":"2012-12-20T13:49:50","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T13:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2016-10-02T08:51:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T13:51:45","slug":"for-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/?page_id=43","title":{"rendered":"For Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Hey Students!<\/h3>\n<p>Did you ever sit in class and wonder if people actually use any of the stuff you were supposed to study?\u00a0Have you ever thought that the things your teacher asks you to read in English class have nothing to do with anything going on in today&#8217;s life? <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-806 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Author-Small-5.png\" alt=\"Author Small 5\" width=\"285\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Author-Small-5.png 325w, http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Author-Small-5-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/>Here at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Literat<\/strong><strong>ureIsNotExtinct<\/strong><\/span>, we&#8217;re pretty sure all students, even your friends who say they like school, have felt this way at one time or other.<\/p>\n<p>Because so many people seem skeptical about the need for literature, this website challenges itself to celebrate and demonstrate literature&#8217;s affect on our modern world. \u00a0Basically, we&#8217;re going to see if we can connect what we learn in school to things that go on in our normal lives every day. \u00a0If you&#8217;re a bit curious about how this might work, maybe you&#8217;d like to check out our blog and comment on what you think about the connections we make. We&#8217;re also on some of your favorite social media sites, so maybe you can catch us there.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This page is continuously under construction. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t see something you need right now, check back soon! \u00a0Updates will be made\u00a0periodically.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>See what&#8217;s available:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cFor Students\u201d tab in the menu bar of this site will offer tips, suggestions, ideas, literary connections, and social media links for students looking to do more with the English class material they\u2019ve learned about in school.<\/li>\n<li>Some blog entries written by\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">NoOrdinaryEnglishTeacher<\/span> will focus on ways to help students deal with what frustrates them about the school environment. Other blog entries will celebrate the great things normal students do in school every day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What to do:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit our new social media pages &#8212; like\u00a0us on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Literature-Is-Not-Extinct\/426786667391244\">Facebook<\/a>, or follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LitIsNotExtinct\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/litisnotextinct\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Add some of your own comments in the blog category,\u00a0<a title=\"About Literary Connections\" href=\"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/?page_id=20\">Literary Connections<\/a>, that&#8217;s updated regularly by our author,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">NoOrdinaryEnglishTeacher<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Look at the other\u00a0<a title=\"Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/?page_id=22\">blog entries<\/a>\u00a0in categories like\u00a0<a title=\"About Wisdom Wednesday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/?page_id=17\">Wisdom Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"About Triviality Tuesday\" href=\"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/?page_id=19\">Triviality Tuesday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/?attachment_id=402\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-402\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/logo-single-coffee.png\" alt=\"logo single coffee\" width=\"529\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/logo-single-coffee.png 682w, http:\/\/www.literatureisnotextinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/logo-single-coffee-300x44.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"pinterest\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"en_US\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"For%20Students\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Students! 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